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I have recently started using Cubase VST with my G3 Apple Mac and I am on the verge of buying a Korg Trinity...

I am a professional session drummer with my own studio, which has mainly been used for teaching. However, I've decided to...

I'm interested in producing music at a level as near to professional as possible. I have bought a PC, have Cubase...

Some questions we get asked are just too general to receive a specific reply. Mike Senior shows you how to come up with some answers of your own.

I have a Fostex FD4 digital recorder which I bought in 1998. It came with a Syquest EZ‑flyer 230Mb cartridge drive,...

I like to make trancey/atmospheric music and am wondering what you need for a synth sound to become 'alive'. I find really...

I have been pondering whether to change from my software MIDI sequencer to a Yamaha QY700 — the gains, I hope, being...

For a while now I've been thinking about building a PC especially for recording. I decided that I wanted to mount it with...

My mixes always sounded dull and flat, so I got an SPL Tube Vitalizer to warm them up. The problem is that through my...

I am soon to be the proud owner of a Yamaha A5000 sampler. Does anyone at SOS know of an Internet users' forum or...

I have a Roland electronic drum kit, and have had complaints from my neighbours upstairs, who I guess can hear it. It's...

I recall seeing a brief article in an issue of SOS describing an ambient microphone costing around £80. The...

I'm trying to set up my digital recording system so that I don't have to do any repatching. I'm using a Wami Rack 24 audio...

I've been DJ'ing (trance and hard house music mostly) for two years. I've done countless small gigs and several fairly...

I would be very grateful for your advice on what I need to burn CDs from my Mac G4/Digi 001/Pro Tools LE setup. I have...

Until now I have been using a normal domestic cassette deck to make master copies of my recordings. The results are not...

I have a small digital studio (Roland VS880 8track recorder/mixer, sampler, synth, etc) and am looking for some...

Can you help me find a good patch editor/librarian for my Yamaha TX81Z 4‑operator FM synth module? I really would...

I need a pair of monitors and like the look of the Mackie HR824s, but would also be interested in the KRK V8s. Do you have...

Mike Senior answers more of those beginners' questions which prove to be not quite as basic as they seem.

I have started to become very interested in using my Atari system either as a stand‑alone recorder, or in...